Miguel Jeronimo Gutierrez

Miguel Jeronimo Gutierrez (15 June 1822-20 April 1871) was a Cuban general and politican during the Ten Years' War.

Biography
Miguel Jeronimo Gutierrez was born in Clara, Spanish Cuba in 1822, and he came from a wealthy criollo family. From an early age, he was involved with patriotic conspiracies against the Spanish, and he led the 6 February 1869 uprising in Manicaragua during the Ten Years' War. He rose to the rank of Major-General, and he was elected as a representative to the Assembly of Guaimaro; he initially supported the United States annexation of Cuba, but he later retracted this view. He was betrayed and attacked by Spanish Army soldiers at Las Villas in 1871, but the wounded Gutierrez was dragged by his horse and died of his wounds.